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Abby White Woodson Hill offers riding lessons and horse training with Abby White. Abby White has more than 15 years experience riding, showing, and training horses. At Woodson Hill, she gives both Western and English riding lessons and trains horses for a variety of disciplines. Her expertise is in both Western and English All-Around events, but she enjoys all types of riding. During the show season, Abby spends her weekends coaching students and doing a little bit of showing herself. Abby has degrees in Animal Science and Ag Communications from Kansas State. She placed in the Top 5 at the AQHA World Show in horse judging. She has trained numerous AQHA-point earners and local circuit winners. Besides lessons and training, Abby is available for coaching, consulting, judging and clinics. For a list of all clinics please visit our Upcoming Events page. For more information, to schedule a lesson, or to put your horse in training, please contact Abby White, abbyjowhite@gmail.com, 785-822-4855 |
Woodson Hill is proud to offer riding instruction and horse training from Abby White, Kaitlin Short, Vicki Massey and Anne Marie Bennett. Scroll down to view more information on the instructors. Private Lessons - $40.00 Group Lessons - $30.00 |
Kaitlin Short Kaitlin Short graduated from William Woods University in May 2009, double majoring in Equine Science and Psychology. Since she began riding as an 8-year-old, she has worked with several hightly-esteemed instructors and trainers, and has been teaching lessons for over 15 years. Though specializing in saddle seat, she has conducted several clinics and camps involving riders of all disciplines and has been teaching young kids the basics of riding her entire teaching career. |
In addition to saddle seat, she has ridden and taught both western and hunt seat, and enjoys teaching on all breeds of horses. She has ridden in several acclaimed shows with top-5 finishes, including the American Royal. While horses have always been her biggest passion, she strives to understand the inner-workings of personality and motivation, and feels that her additional background in psychology has made her a better teacher of kids and horses alike. Kaitlin enjoys all aspects of teaching, from beginning level to advanced, and can't wait to get to know all the faces at Woodson Hill. She will be specializing in beginner and intermediate level lessons in both English and Western. For more information or to schedule a lesson, you can contact Kaitlin at short.kaitlin@gmail.com or at 816-809-2311. |
Anne Marie Bennett Anne Marie Bennett, new to the Woodson Hill team has been a volunteer for Changing Leads, and is currently taking beginner to advanced students. Her background is in the hunters, with years of experience in the Quarter Horse world as well. She enjoys teaching her students about responsibility, safety, and the individual personalities of each horse while adapting to their needs rather than changing the animal. Building confidence in the students and teaching them to be a leader is number one, while also learning to respect the horse. |
Anne Marie has a degree from Colorado State in Equine Science, where she rode on the Equestrian Team. She is finishing up a Masters of Communication and Leadership from Park University and works daytime as a project manager in Downtown Kansas City. Some of her recent wins include top ten top placing at the AQHA World Show and top four at the All American Quarter Horse Congress. This year she decided to end her showing career and start helping others rather than focus on her own competitive side. “Sharing my knowledge and teaching it to someone new to see if the process can give them the same result, gives me as much satisfaction as winning on my own horse.” Anne Marie can be contacted at 816.564.6255 or Annemarie@reeceandnichols.com. |
Vicki Massey Vicki teaches full time in the Independence Public School District; having taught special education students in that district for over 30 years. Vicki has been riding horses for almost twice that length of time, starting at the tender age of 2 when she got her first pony. As an adult, she spent over 10 years showing her two Arabian horses locally and Class A in English Pleasure, Hunter, Show Hack and Driving. About 12 years ago, she combined her love of teaching and her love of horses and began working with the Girl Scout Horsemanship Program at Misty River Stables. She was asked by the owner of that stable if she had ever thought about teaching horseback riding lessons...and a new love (and second career) was born!! Vicki specializes in working with the beginning rider; the young and the young at heart. She has also made a name for herself working with autistic and ADHD students, who especially benefit from the close bond that comes from working with and being accepted by a horse. Vicki is CHA (Certified Horsemanship Association) certified in both English and Western instruction. She also has a Masters Degree in Special Education from the University of Missouri-Kansas City. For more information please contact Vicki at 816-507-3308 or email victoriagarnet@aol.com. |